[Buddha-l] Incomprehensible explanations for creation

[Bob Zeuschner]

Stan --
Thanks for your reply.
I must admit that I find it almost impossible to understand the sorts of 
answers you give. The intent seems rational, but in my estimation they 
make sense only to those who are already committed to the truth of 
Christianity.

Infinite goodness -- omnibenevolence? what in the world is that? Do you 
comprehend infinite goodness?
Infinite wisdom -- is this omniscience? How does any human with a finite 
brain comprehend infinite wisdom?
The purpose for creating this universe filled with pain and suffering 
was some sort of infinite Love???
This infinite love and goodness instantly turns its back on its creation 
because Adam and Eve gained the knowledge of the difference between 
moral good and moral evil? This infinite love and goodness then welcomes 
humans back because humans have tortured and killed his son. This is 
incomprehensible to me.

I am afraid I still stand by my claim, that the Christian explanation 
for the creation is:
an incomprehensible being  [no human can comprehend the infinite deity]
using incomprehensible powers  [the power of speech creates universes?}
for incomprehensible reasons  [infinite anything is incomprehensible]
and this is the explanation.

This is no explanation at all.

I have spent 30 years of academic study trying to make sense out of 
Christianity, but the more I learn, the less sense it makes.
Sorry.
Bob

SJZiobro at cs.com wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> The Christian understanding I am familiar with (and I'm not alone) is that an infinite Goodness and Wisdom created the universe out of Love so that what was not would, in various ways, participate that Goodness and Wisdom.  What Christian explanation is your source here?
> 
> Stan Ziobro
> 
> Bob Zeuschner <rbzeuschner at adelphia.net> wrote: